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 DEFINATION
• Environmental audit is a management tool comprising
systematic, documented, periodic and objectives
evaluation of how well environmental organization,
management and equipment are performing with the aim
of helping to safeguard the environment.

• The term “auditing” means checking. Environmental

audit is for the impact of the industries and their
products on natural resources and environmental quality.
• It is necessary to have ‘Environmental Audit’ to ensure
sustainable developments.
 OBJECTIVES
• Determine how well the environmental management information system
and equipments are performing.
• It provides the company with recommendations on how it can improve its
environmental management practices, and reduce the environmental impact.
• To control pollution.
• Minimize human exposure to risk from environmental health and safety
problems.
• Assist facility management.
• Protect corporation from potential liabilities.
• Improve risk management systems.
• Increase overall level of environmental awareness.
• Improve environmental performance.
TYPES OF AUDIT
COMPLIANCE AUDIT :
The most common type of audit.
Consists of checks against environment
legislation and company policy.
Compliance audits may be multimedia or
programmatic.
Multimedia audit involve identifying and
auditing all environmental
media (air, water, waste, etc.) that apply to
the operation\company.
Programmatic audits(which may also be
called thematic or media-specific) are
limited in scope to specific areas ,such as
 ISSUES AUDITS SITE AUDIT

An evaluation of how a company’s activities An audit of a particular site to

related to specific environmental issues such examine actual or potential
as global pollution or energy use. environmental problems

PRODUCT OR LIFE CYCLE AUDIT:

An analysis of environmental impacts of a
product throughout all stages of its design,
production, use and disposal, including and
its reuse and recycling
ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
• Environmental auditors assess the environmental operations and procedures for
businesses, governments, or utility companies.
• They are responsible for making sure the environmental standards are being met
by the business and detecting existing compliance problems or environmental
management deficiencies.
• Identify significance environment effects.
• Document regulatory requirements.
• Set objective and targets for future environment performance.
• Implement procedures and measures for achieving the objective and targets.
STEPS INVOLVED IN
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING
IMPORTANCE
• The major objective of performing environmental audits is controlling the
pollution.
• It also helps in improving the production safety and to making sure the
prevention and reduction of the chemical waste.
• It also provides performance reviews of industrial working facilities and
its possible impact on the surroundings.
• Rising awareness about environmental issues and their negative
consequences to environment, human health and future generation.
• It is important for the government to regulate rules and regulations for the
industries to make the environment neat and clean.
• Environmental auditors appropriately monitors the system for safe
disposal of the waste in the industries to ensure the safety of the natural
resources.
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